EPIK4 Kontakt edition is a sample library
based on the sounds of KAWAI K4 synthesizer from the late
80s.

The KAWAI K4 was released in 1989 as
a competitor of Roland D-50. In this
point of view, EPIK4 can be considered as a sister of
DEEPFLIGHT, but while the Roland D-50 has a warm analogue
character, the K4's digital filter gives you fuzzy but
still warm sounds.

Please note that EPIK4 requires the full retail
version of Kontakt (v3.5 or more recent version),
as it is not compatible with the free Kontakt Player (it
will stop working after 15 minutes).

* The [All Layers] is a special folder for sound designers.
It contains all melodic instrument layers separately.
The patches are “clean”, without any filter
effect and with default envelope settings. They can be
useful if you want to create new sounds from scratch.

Midi implementation

The following simplified MIDI implementation
chart is designed as a quick reference guide that allows
you to identify at a glance which MIDI control change
(CC) messages are implemented by EPIK4 in Kontakt.

Midi
event

Effect

CC 07

CC 10

CC 14

CC 15

CC 16

CC 18

CC 71

CC 72

CC 73

CC 74

CC 75

CC 76

CC 91

CC 94

channel volume

channel pan

attack time of the filter envelope

decay time of the filter envelope

release time of the filter envelope

filter envelope amount

resonance of the internal LP filter

release time of the amplitude envelope.

attack time of the amplitude envelope

cutoff frequency of the internal LP filter

decay time of the amplitude envelope

sustain level of the amplitude envelope

adjusts the amount of the insert FX (delay)

adjusts the send level of the send FX (reverb)

In addition, in most cases the modwheel
(CC 01) controls the filter modulations, and aftertouch
adds vibrato effect.

Most of the patches are velocity sensitive and they have
been designed for live performers, so a good midi keyboard
which supports velocity and aftertouch is highly recommended.